The 2017 MLB All-Star Game will be held at Nationals Park in Washington, DC, and we could not be more excited! Being selected to host one of the most prestigious events in all of sports is a true testament to the incredible atmosphere that our fans have created here in DC. You helped us let Major League Baseball know that #DCisReady, and they heard you loud and clear!
Last year was one of the most exciting Home Run Derbies in recent memory, likely a mixture of a change to a new format plus the crowd able to cheer on one of its own players to victory. This year, the 2017 Home Run Derby will try to duplicate that excitement, with the same timed elimination bracket format and a hometown All-Star for the folks at Petco Park in San Diego to cheer on.
Whatever happens, all the home runs can be watched on ESPN, which is televising the Home Run Derby using Chris Berman on the call alongside Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone. Mendoza is the first female Home Run Derby analyst.
The festivities will also be available on Watch ESPN, which will also carry the Spanish ESPN Deportes telecast as well.
The timed rounds and the eight-contestant single-elimination bracket infused some excitement into the 2017 Home Run Derby, which saw Todd Frazier, then of the Cincinnati Reds, outlast Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson in the third and final round with a home run in earned extra time.
Frazier and Pederson each hit 39 combined home runs in their three rounds, just two shy of the Home Run Derby record set by Bobby Abreu back in 2005 in Detroit. There was electricity in the air at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, which went nuts with every Frazier home run.